Penium cucurbitinum var. minutum Prescott 1935
Publication Details
Penium cucurbitinum var. minutum Prescott 1935: 158, pl. XXV [25]: fig. 9
Published in: Prescott, G.W. & Magnotta, A. (1935). Notes on Michigan desmids, with descriptions of some species and varieties new to science. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters 20: 157-170.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Penium is Penium margaritaceum Brébisson ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Actinotaenium cucurbitinum var. minutum (Prescott) Tomaszewicz.
Source of Synonymy
Tomaszewicz, G.H. (1988). Desmidie Torfowisk Przejsciowych Niziny Srodkowomazowieckiej [Desmids of the transitional bogs of the Middle Mazowsze Lowland]. Monographiae Botanicae [Warsaw] 70: 1-86.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 03 February 2009 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 31 March 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024
